Thursday 11 February 2016

Quicksticks Hockey tournament

On Wednesday the 10th February, three girls & three boys from Years 5&6 went to Coopers' to play in a Quicksticks hockey tournament against other schools in Havering.

Schools were split into four groups. Our UJS team was in 'group 3', and we played against St Edwards, Pyrgo, Mead, Parsonage Farm and Branfil. Our first game was against St Edwards, which we won 2-0. Next we played against Pyrgo and we won 4-0. Out third game was against Mead, which again ended in a 2-0 victory. After that we played Parsonage Farm and this was a game that we unfortunately lost 2-1. Still determined, we finally went on to play the last match of the group against Branfil, which we knew would be hard. Although they scored early on we pushed through and successfully won 2-1. The winners of each group then made it into the semi-finals.

When the results were announced three teams in our group had only lost one game, so it came down to goal difference. Despite us beating them earlier on, Branfil made it through to the next round, so unluckily that was the end of the tournament for us. We were, however, one of three schools to receive a 'passion' school value card. This award proves to us that we worked well together and during the tournament supported each other.

The team and I would like to thank Mr Stanley for his coaching and hard work.

Kira McFaull - 6R

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